Cigarette making machine



Dec. 1 1934. w MQLINS AL 1,983,986

CIGARETTE MAKING MACHINE Filed June 1, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet l Dec. 11, 1934. w. E. MOLINS arm.

CIGARETTE MAKING MACHINE F iled June 1, 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Dec. 11, 1934 I g UNITED STATES PATENT OF Walter Everett Mullins and Felix "Frederic Ruau, Deptford, London, England Application June 1, 1933,. Serial No. 673,889 In Great Britain June 10', 1 932 6 Claims. (Cl; 131- -39) This invention relates to cigarette making maered on to a distributor 5, in the present case ,ch-ines,l.and refers more particularly-to the toa carded roller, from which it is again removed baccci feeding apparatus of such machines. by a picker roller 6 and delivered to the filling -=-.It. has .foraitsobject to provide meanswhereby trough '7 of the cigarette machine.

" the escape of short tobacco from the tobacco A shield 8 is provided beneath the combing 5 mass, during, the feeding is prevented, with a roller 3, and concentric therewith, and. collects view to simplifyingthe construction of the maany short tobacco which falls from the combing chine and improving'the efiiciency thereof, for roller. Such short tobacco will collect, in the asis; Well known; it has been-,theicqmmonpracportion of the shield nearest tov the hopper, and

1,0 tice to provide apparatus. on cigarette making will eventually be carried. upwards by the card- 10 machines to gather short tobacco asit falls from ing of the combing. roller. the feeding mechanism and to re-feed it atsome The shield touches. the surface of the smooth other point in the machine by special conveying roller 2. at the base of the hopper, and seals the and feeding devices. It is, of course, imperative hopper at. this. point.. The shield, therefore,

that the short tobacco shall not be Wasted in scrapes. the roller 2 clean and prevents any short 15 viewwof the. high price of tobacco. tobacco or dust from falling out. of the hopper.

Apparatus for feeding; tobacco usually com- The smooth roller 2 is made hollow as shown prises a hopper or container into which a mass in; Figure 3, and is provided with a number of of tobacco.- is placed and havingat its base a sets. of spikes or pins 9, each set being carried feeding element whichfeeds' the tobacco-from one. bar 10. These bars 10 are parallel to the 20 the hopper to carded. combing elements, usually axis. of the roller, and are supported at their rollers, which prepare; it for use in the machine, endsinbearings 11 inthe roller flanges 12'.

and according to the present invention means The bars 10 carry. the pins 9 by means of are provided forsealing, the hopper at the point short supporting. levers 13 fixedto the bars, and

belowgthe gap-.or junctionbetween the feeding the latter are also provided with cam levers 1'4 means, andthe-combingmeans to prevent the having rollers. 15 thereon which engage with a escape of the short tobacco at this point. Furfixed cam 16 as the roller rotates. The levers then. the, inventionconsists of a tobacco feeding 13, and. 14.form. bell-cranks with the bars 10,. as

device: wherein movablev feeding spikes or pins :fulcrums.. I

are provided for feeding the tobacco towards the "As'shown in Figure 3, the cam 16 is fixed to combing element and arranged to grip the toone of the shaft bearings 17 which is in turn bacco during the time they are moving towards fixed into the frame of the machine.

the combing element. As the roller 2 rotates each set of pins in turn Several ways of carrying the invention into commences to protrude from the surface of effect will be described with reference to the the roller as the portion of the roller at which 35 accompanying drawings, in which: the particular set is located enters the hopper Figure 1 is a section of a tobacco feeding apbeneath the tobacco; see Figures 4 and 5. The paratus with the invention applied thereto. pins 9, therefore, feed the tobacco round to- Figure 2 is an enlarged view of the feed roller wards the combing roller 3 and just as the shown in Figure 1. pins are approaching the surface of the said 40 Figure 3 is a section on the line A B. roller they are withdrawn into the interior of Figures 4 and 5 are diagrams illustrating the the roller owing to the change in shape of the working of the apparatus, and cam. 7

Figures 6 and 7 show modified forms of the Therefore, the surface of the roller 2 as it invention. passes the scraper formed on the edge of the 45 Referring to Figures 1 to 5 which show a well shield is quite even and no short tobacco can known type of tobacco feeding apparatus, the escape from the space between the rollers. As tobacco is placed in the hopper 1 and fed upshown, three sets of pins are provided on the wardly by a feed element consisting of a roller roller, but this number may be varied to suit 2 to a carded combing element in the form of requirements. 50 a roller 3 which carries it beneath a brushing I the modification shown in Figure 6, a ro 4 Which brushes back n Surplus tobacco smooth roller 18 is fitted to form the bottom of On the u fa o the combing T011611 the hopper, and the tobacco is fed by an oscil- The tobacco is picked from the surface of the lating sector, having carding on its surface.

combing roller 3 by a picker roller 4 and show- The pins on the carding slant towards the 55 combing roller 3 so that on the forward movement tobacco is fed to the comber and on the rearward movement the pins slip beneath the tobacco without disturbing it. A shield 8 is fitted as before.

Referring to Figure 7, the smooth roller is dispensed with and a plate 20 sloping towards the combing roller and forming a combination of the shields '8 may be used through which a reciprocating carded feeder plate 21 protrudes and feeds the tobacco as described in the case of Figure 6. In this case, the shield 8 is replaced by an extension of the plate 20 formed concentric with the surface of the combing roller.

It will be seen that by constructing the feeding devices according to this invention that the shorts are regularly carried away with the remainder of the tobacco as no opportunity is afforded for the shorts to separate from the remainder.

What we claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:- r

1. In a tobacco feeding apparatus the combination with a combing element, of a distributor element disposed to receive tobacco from the combing element, a feeding element to feed tobacco from a hopper to the combing element, said feeding element comprising a roller having retractable feeding spikes.

2. In a tobacco feeding apparatus the combination with a combing element, of a distributor element disposed to receive tobacco from the combing element, a feeding element to feed tobacco from a hopper to the combing element, said feeding element comprising a roller having retractable feeding spikes, and means for operating said spikes to cause the same to protrude from the roller during their passage through a hopper to feed tobacco to the combing element and to withdraw into the roller when they are not passing through the hopper.

3. In a tobacco feeding apparatus the combination with a combing element, of a distributor element disposed to receive tobacco from the combing element, a feeding element to feed tobacco from a hopper to the combing element, said feeding element comprising a roller having retractable feeding spikes pivotally mounted within the roller and a cam to operate said spikes to cause them to protrude from withdrawn into the feeding roller.

4. In a tobacco feeding apparatus the combination with a combing element, of a distributor element disposed to receive tobacco from the combing element, a feeding element to feed tobacco from a hopper to the combing element, said feeding element comprising a roller having retractable feeding spikes and a shield disposed beneath the combing element and extending from the distributor element to the feeding element to prevent the escape of short tobacco from between the combing element and the distributor and. feeding elements.

5. In a tobacco feeding apparatus the combination with a combing element, of a distributor element disposed to receive tobacco from the combing element, a feeding element to feed tobacco from a hopper to the combing element, said feeding element comprising a roller having retractable feeding spikes, means for operating said spikes to cause the same to protrude from the roller during their passage through the hopper to feed tobacco to the combing element and to withdraw into the roller when they are not passing through the hopper, and a shield disposed beneath the combing element and extending from the distributor element to the feeding element to prevent the escape of short tobacco from between the combing element and the distributor and feeding elements.

6. In a tobacco feeding apparatus the combination with a combing element, of a distributor element disposed to receive tobacco from the combing element, a feeding element to feed tobacco from a hopper to the combing element, said feeding element comprising a roller having retractable feeding spikes pivotally mounted within the roller and a cam to operate said spikes to cause them to protrude from or be withdrawn into the feeding roller, and a shield disposed beneath the combing element and exor be tending from the distributor element to the feeding element to prevent the escope of short tobacco from between the combing element and the distributor and feeding elements.

WALTER EVERETT MOLINS. FELIX FREDERIC RUAU. 

